List of Beninese records in swimming

The Beninese records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from the Benin, which are recognised and ratified by the Federation Beninoise de Natation.

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.

Long Course (50 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	24.61	h	Emmanuel Kpanou	Benin	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[1]
100 m freestyle	55.14	h	Marc Dansou	Benin	20 August 2022	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	[2]
200 m freestyle	2:32.88	h	Mahugnigan Tevoedjre	Benin	30 April 2024	African Championships	Luanda, Angola	[3]
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	26.99	h, =	Alexis Kpade	Benin	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[4]
50 m backstroke	26.99	=	Alexis Kpade	Benin	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[5]
100 m backstroke	57.61		Alexis Kpade	Benin	28 July 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[6]
200 m backstroke	2:07.25		Alexis Kpade	-		-		[ citation needed ]
50 m breaststroke	31.09	h	Emmanuel Kpanou	Benin	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[7]
100 m breaststroke	1:20.20	h	Kuassi Zianse	Benin	30 April 2024	African Championships	Luanda, Angola	[8]
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	24.88	h, =	Emmanuel Kpanou	Benin	10 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[9]
50 m butterfly	24.88	h, =	Emmanuel Kpanou	Benin	30 April 2024	African Championships	Luanda, Angola	[10]
100 m butterfly	58.62	h	Emmanuel Kpanou	Benin	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[11]
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley	2:29.77	h	Alexis Kpade	Benin	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[12]
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay	3:59.32	h	Marc Dansou  (57.89) Alexis Kpade  (55.82) Emmanuel Kpanou  (1:01.14) Kuassi Zianse  (1:04.47)	Benin	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[13]
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay	4:13.30		Alexis Kpade  (59.00) Marc Dansou  (1:11.87) Emmanuel Kpanou  (58.23) Kuassi Zianse  (1:04.20)	Benin	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[14]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federation Beninoise de Natation;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	29.75	h	Nafissath Radji	Benin	13 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[15]
100 m freestyle	1:05.61		Nafissath Radji	Benin	27 Mai 2022	African Zone 2 Championships	Dakar, Senegal	[16]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke	34.38	h	Nafissath Radji	Benin	11 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[17]
100 m backstroke	1:18.84	h	Nafissath Radji	Benin	12 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[18]
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke	45.80	h, †	Charmel Morgane Faosite Sogbadji	Benin	29 July 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[19]
100 m breaststroke	1:43.41	h	Charmel Morgane Faosite Sogbadji	Benin	29 July 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[20]
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	29.18		Ionnah Douillet	-		-	Hungary	[ citation needed ]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federation Beninoise de Natation;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:03.05	h	Marc Dansou Nafissath Radji Ionnah Douillet Alexis Kpade	Benin	30 April 2024	African Championships	Luanda, Angola	[21]
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:29.18	h	Nafissath Radji Marc Dansou Emmanuel Kpanou Ionnah Douillet	Benin	30 April 2024	African Championships	Luanda, Angola	[22]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federation Beninoise de Natation;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25 m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.65	h	Jefferson Kpanou	Benin	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[23]
100m freestyle	53.06	h	Marc Dansou	Benin	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[24]
200m freestyle	2:50.93	h	Godonou Wilfrid Tevoedjre	Benin	15 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50m backstroke	35.30	h	Ablam Hodadje Awoussou	Benin	14 December 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[25]
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	35.96	h	Gildas Koumondji	Benin	15 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[26]
100m breaststroke	1:21.44	h	Gildas Koumondji	Benin	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[27]
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	30.79	h	Jefferson Kpanou	Benin	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[28]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federation Beninoise de Natation;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle	29.23	h	Nafissath Radji	Benin	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[29]
100 m freestyle	1:06.31	h	Nafissath Radji	Benin	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[30]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke	41.13	h	Nafissath Radji	Benin	11 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[31]
100 m breaststroke	1:41.01	h	Chaemel Morgane Faosite Sogbadji	Benin	17 December 2010	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly	37.90	h	Laraïba Seibou	Benin	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[32]
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
100 m individual medley
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×50 m freestyle relay
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federation Beninoise de Natation;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50m freestyle relay
4×50m medley relay	2:13.02	h	Nafissath Radji  (36.22) Gildas Koumondji  (35.87) Jefferson Kpanou  (30.13) Laraïba Seibou  (30.80)	Benin	13 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[33]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Federation Beninoise de Natation;WR – World record;AF – African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

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